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Knowledge about food safety and handling practices – Lessons from the Serbian public universities

Slovenian Journal of Public Health
Volume 61 (2022): Issue 3 (September 2022)
By: Nikola Vuksanović,  Dunja Demirović Bajrami,  Marko D. Petrović,  Saša Jotanović Raletić and  Goran Radivojević  
Open Access
|Jun 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2022-0020 | Journal eISSN: 1854-2476 | Journal ISSN: 0351-0026
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Language: English
Page range: 145 - 154
Submitted on: Jun 21, 2021
Accepted on: Apr 29, 2022
Published on: Jun 28, 2022
Published by: National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
food safety,
self-reported food handling practices,
Serbia,
university students
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Hygiene and environmental medicine

© 2022 Nikola Vuksanović, Dunja Demirović Bajrami, Marko D. Petrović, Saša Jotanović Raletić, Goran Radivojević, published by National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
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